Freelance Writer/Editor

Natural Health

25 October 2007

The controversies surrounding Gardasil, Merck’s new cervical cancer vaccine, have distracted the public from one simple fact: the vaccine is only FDA- approved for girls and women ages 9-25 who haven’t yet been exposed to the human papillomavirus (HPV). So what are those of us who already have HPV—25 million women in the U.S., according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control—supposed to do? (HPV can lead to cervical cancer...and you may still carry HPV even after you've had the warts removed.) There's actually a lot you can do to stave off cervical cancer— from an alternative perspective. In my article in the current issue of Natural Health, I lay out the best-studied botanical remedies—from green tea to DIM—that are effective at reversing and preventing cervical dysplasia and cervical cancer.

10 March 2007

Bacteria are smarter than we are, and are learning resistance to antibiotic drugs at a rapid pace. This is why certain bacterial infections return and return with increasing virulence, even though you're slamming your body with ever stronger, broader spectrum antibiotics.